U-Haul truck speeds through Los Angeles march supporting Iranian people

Police said one person was hit by the truck but nobody was seriously hurt, and that the driver had been detained

Los Angeles police responded Sunday after a person drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people, causing protesters to scramble out of the way and then run after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver.

The U-Haul truck, with a window and side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. Helicopter footage from the Los Angeles news outlet KABC showed officers keeping the crowd at bay as demonstrators swarmed the truck, throwing punches at the driver and thrusting flagpoles through the driver’s side window.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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